In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery:
When placed next to radioactive material, a Uranium atom split in two. That sim
ple discovery launched a scientific race that spanned 3 continents. In Great Bri
tain and the United States, Soviet spies worked their way into the scientific co
mmunity; in Norway, a commando force slipped behind enemy lines to attack German
heavy-water manufacturing; and deep in the desert, one brilliant group of scien
tists was hidden away at a remote site at Los Alamos. This is the story of the p
lotting, the risk-taking, the deceit, and genius that created the world's most f
ormidable weapon. This is the story of the atomic bomb.
